SEO

SEO: Universal SEO Analysis Skill

Invocation: /seo $1 $2 where $1 is the command and $2 is the URL or argument.

Scripts: Located at the plugin root scripts/ directory.

Comprehensive SEO analysis across all industries (SaaS, local services, e-commerce, publishers, agencies). Orchestrates 24 sub-skills (21 core + 1 framework integration + 2 extension mirrors) and 18 sub-agents. A separate optional Firecrawl extension is also installable (see "Optional Extensions" below).

Quick Reference

Orchestration Logic

Delegation policy

Full audits are speed-first, multi-agent workflows. Launch available specialist agents concurrently whenever the runtime supports delegation; use inline sequential work only as a last-resort compatibility fallback. In SEO Dungeon, delegated agents should inherit the selected strength profile: Warrior/deep uses extra-high or the highest available effort, Samurai/balanced uses high, and Knight/fast uses medium. Do not silently downshift delegated work below the selected profile.

When the user invokes /seo audit, delegate to subagents in parallel:

1. Detect business type (SaaS, local, ecommerce, publisher, agency, other)
2. Spawn always-on subagents: seo-technical, seo-content, seo-schema, seo-sitemap, seo-performance, seo-visual, seo-geo, seo-sxo
3. If Google API credentials detected (python3 scripts/google_auth.py --check), also spawn seo-google agent
4. If local business detected, also spawn seo-local agent
5. If local business detected AND DataForSEO credentials or optional tools are available, also spawn seo-maps agent
6. If backlink APIs detected (python3 scripts/backlinks_auth.py --check), also spawn seo-backlinks agent
7. If FIRECRAWL_API_KEY or an optional Firecrawl adapter is available, use Firecrawl to discover site URLs before analysis; otherwise fall back to sitemap and page-discovery scripts
8. If content strategy signals detected (blog, pillar pages, topic clusters), also spawn seo-cluster agent
9. If e-commerce detected, also spawn seo-ecommerce agent
10. If drift baseline exists for this URL (python3 scripts/drift_history.py <url>), also spawn seo-drift agent
11. Collect results and generate unified report with SEO Health Score (0-100)
12. Synthesize via the 10-principle framework (see "Synthesis Methodology" below): walk PERCEIVE -> ANALYZE -> VALIDATE -> ACT before bucketing findings into Critical / High / Medium / Low
13. Create prioritized action plan with dependency sequencing + falsifiability per recommendation
14. Offer PDF report: "Generate a professional PDF report? Use /seo google report full"

For individual commands, load the relevant sub-skill directly. After any analysis command completes, offer to generate a PDF report via scripts/google_report.py.

Synthesis Methodology

Audits are not just findings — they are findings synthesized into a coherent strategy. claude-seo uses a 10-principle thinking framework grouped into four phases: PERCEIVE (observe-external · observe-internal · listen), ANALYZE (think · connect-lateral · connect-system), VALIDATE (feel · accept), ACT (create · grow).

Full audits (/seo audit, /seo page) walk every phase before emitting the action plan. Narrower commands (/seo schema, /seo images, etc.) pass at least THINK + ACCEPT before emitting (sound first principle, surfaced falsifiability). The Critical / High / Medium / Low priority buckets are the output of validation, not a substitute for it.

Full methodology + per-principle SEO mapping: references/thinking-framework.md.

Each emitted recommendation should carry:

• The first-principle observation it rests on (THINK)
• The dependency on / unblock relationship to other recommendations (CONNECT-system)
• An explicit "how would we know this failed?" check (ACCEPT)
• A leading indicator the user can monitor without re-running the audit (GROW)

Industry Detection

Detect business type from homepage signals:

• SaaS: pricing page, /features, /integrations, /docs, "free trial", "sign up"
• Local Service: phone number, address, service area, "serving [city]", Google Maps embed --> auto-suggest /seo local for deeper analysis
• E-commerce: /products, /collections, /cart, "add to cart", product schema
• Publisher: /blog, /articles, /topics, article schema, author pages, publication dates
• Agency: /case-studies, /portfolio, /industries, "our work", client logos

Quality Gates

Read references/quality-gates.md for thin content thresholds per page type. Hard rules:

• WARNING at 30+ location pages (enforce 60%+ unique content)
• HARD STOP at 50+ location pages (require user justification)
• Never recommend HowTo schema (deprecated Sept 2023)
• FAQ schema: Google retired FAQ rich results for ALL sites on May 7, 2026 (no SERP feature anymore; supersedes the Aug 2023 gov/health restriction). Flag existing FAQPage at Info (not Critical) for its AI/LLM citation benefit; do not recommend removal; do not recommend new FAQPage for Google SERP benefit; use QAPage for genuine user Q&A
• All Core Web Vitals references use INP, never FID

Reference Files

Load these on-demand as needed (do NOT load all at startup):

• references/cwv-thresholds.md: Current Core Web Vitals thresholds and measurement details
• references/schema-types.md: All supported schema types with deprecation status
• references/eeat-framework.md: E-E-A-T evaluation criteria (Sept 2025 QRG update)
• references/quality-gates.md: Content length minimums, uniqueness thresholds
• references/local-seo-signals.md: Local ranking factors, review benchmarks, citation tiers, GBP status
• references/local-schema-types.md: LocalBusiness subtypes, industry-specific schema and citation sources

Maps-specific references (loaded by seo-maps skill, not at startup):

• references/maps-geo-grid.md, references/maps-gbp-checklist.md, references/maps-api-endpoints.md, references/maps-free-apis.md

Scoring Methodology

SEO Health Score (0-100)

Weighted aggregate of all categories:

Priority Levels

• Critical: Blocks indexing or causes penalties (immediate fix required)
• High: Significantly impacts rankings (fix within 1 week)
• Medium: Optimization opportunity (fix within 1 month)
• Low: Nice to have (backlog)

Sub-Skills

This skill orchestrates 24 sub-skills (21 core + 1 framework integration + 2 extension mirrors). The orchestrator itself (seo) is the 25th in skills/, but does not orchestrate itself, so it is not enumerated below.

1. seo-audit -- Full website audit with parallel delegation
2. seo-page -- Deep single-page analysis
3. seo-technical -- Technical SEO (9 categories)
4. seo-content -- E-E-A-T and content quality
5. seo-content-brief -- Detailed SEO content brief generation (contributed by puneetindersingh)
6. seo-schema -- Schema markup detection and generation
7. seo-images -- Image optimization, SERP analysis, file optimization
8. seo-sitemap -- Sitemap analysis and generation
9. seo-geo -- AI Overviews / GEO optimization
10. seo-plan -- Strategic planning with templates
11. seo-programmatic -- Programmatic SEO analysis and planning
12. seo-competitor-pages -- Competitor comparison page generation
13. seo-hreflang -- Hreflang/i18n SEO audit, cultural profiles, content parity
14. seo-local -- Local SEO (GBP, NAP, citations, reviews, local schema, multi-location)
15. seo-maps -- Maps intelligence (geo-grid, GBP audit, reviews, competitor radius)
16. seo-google -- Google SEO APIs (GSC, PageSpeed, CrUX, Indexing API, GA4)
17. seo-backlinks -- Backlink profile analysis (free: Moz, Bing, CC; premium: DataForSEO)
18. seo-cluster -- SERP-based semantic clustering (contributed by Lutfiya Miller)
19. seo-sxo -- Search Experience Optimization (contributed by Florian Schmitz)
20. seo-drift -- SEO drift monitoring (contributed by Dan Colta)
21. seo-ecommerce -- E-commerce SEO intelligence (contributed by Matej Marjanovic)
22. seo-dataforseo -- Live SEO data via DataForSEO credentials (extension mirror)
23. seo-image-gen -- AI image generation for SEO assets via Gemini (extension mirror)
24. seo-flow -- FLOW framework integration (Find -> Leverage -> Optimize -> Win, 41 AI prompts, CC BY 4.0)

Optional Extensions

The following ship in extensions/ rather than skills/. DataForSEO and Firecrawl should use selected-project .env credentials by default; their installers are optional for users who want adapter setup:

Of the optional extensions, firecrawl, dataforseo, and image-gen are reachable through /seo subcommands. Ahrefs, Bing, Profound, SE Ranking, and Unlighthouse install as standalone skills invoked by their own descriptions. The model auto-routes to those triggers, not through /seo <name>.

• seo-firecrawl -- Full-site crawling and site mapping via Firecrawl credentials. Add FIRECRAWL_API_KEY to the selected project .env; install the optional adapter only if desired. Invoke via /seo firecrawl <command>.

Subagents

For parallel analysis during audits:

• seo-technical -- Crawlability, indexability, security, CWV
• seo-content -- E-E-A-T, readability, thin content
• seo-schema -- Detection, validation, generation
• seo-sitemap -- Structure, coverage, quality gates
• seo-performance -- Core Web Vitals measurement
• seo-visual -- Screenshots, mobile testing, above-fold
• seo-geo -- AI crawler access, llms.txt, citability, brand mention signals
• seo-local -- GBP signals, NAP consistency, reviews, local schema, industry-specific local factors (conditional: spawned when Local Service detected)
• seo-maps -- Geo-grid rank tracking, GBP audit, review intelligence, competitor radius mapping (conditional: spawned when Local Service detected AND DataForSEO credentials/tools are available)
• seo-google -- CWV field data, URL indexation status, organic traffic trends (conditional: spawned when Google API credentials detected)
• seo-backlinks -- Backlink profile data: DA/PA, referring domains, anchor text, toxic links (conditional: spawned when Moz/Bing API keys detected or always for CC domain-level metrics)
• seo-cluster -- Semantic clustering analysis (conditional: content strategy detected)
• seo-sxo -- Page-type mismatch, user stories, persona scoring (always in full audits)
• seo-drift -- Baseline comparison (conditional: drift baseline exists for URL)
• seo-ecommerce -- Product schema, marketplace intel (conditional: e-commerce detected)
• seo-flow -- FLOW framework prompts (conditional: spawned for content strategy workflows)
• seo-dataforseo -- Live SERP, keyword, backlink, local SEO data (extension, optional)
• seo-image-gen -- SEO image audit and generation plan (extension, optional)

Error Handling